Collar button



June 12, 1923. 1,458,607

C. H. ALLEN COLLAR BUTTON Filed May 5. 1922 IN V EN TOR.

ATTORNEY Patented June 12, 1923.

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CHARLES H. ALLEN, OF ATTLEBOBO, MASSACHUSETTS.

COLLAR BUTTON.

Application filed May 5, 1922.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. ALLnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at ii ttleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to collar buttons of the double lever type.

The essential objects of? my invention are compactness of structure whereby the button may be transported in a vest pocket or elsewhere in such a manner as to occupy a minimum of space and present no projection; and to attain this end in a simple and inexpensive structure.

To the above ends essentially my invention consists in such parts and in such combinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my novel. button,

Figure 2, a section of the same on line 2-2 of Figure 1,

Figure 3, a side elevation of the button in folded or collapsed position.

Figure 1, a plan of the same. and

0 Figure 5, a detail view ol'thc post.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

My button comprises a head 7 and a shoe 8, both pivotally associated. with a post 9.

In detail the head 7 comprises the face plate 11 provided with a bead or flange l2.

embracing a back plate 13 abutting against.

a flat spring 15. The back plate is provided with an opening 17 flanked by journals or cavities 18. The shoe 8 is similar in detail construction to. the head, comprising the face plate 20, bead 21, back plate 22, and spring Serial No. 558,728.

23. The back plate 22 is provided with an opening 24 flanked by journals 25.

The post 9 comprises in detail a body portion 27 having upon its top and bottom ends respectively retracted necks 29 and 30 extending parallel with each other laterally from the same side of the post.

Integral with the extremities of the necks are the squared pivot members 31 and 32 respectively. The necks 29 and 31 pass loosely through the openings 17 and 24 respectively, and the members 31 and 32 register'in the journals or cavities 18 and 25 respectively and engage the springs 15 and 23.

The

a minimum of thickness.

This sought for result is due to the location of the necks 29 and 30 upon the same side of the post rather than being oppositely directed from each other.

I claim In a collar button, a post, retracted necks upon the ends of the post in parallelism with each other at rightangles to the post, laterally projecting" pivot members on the extremities of the necks, a head engaging the pivot members supported by one neck, and a shoe engaging the pivot members supported by the other neck.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature CHARLES H. ALLEN. 

